| name | matter-close-anthropics |
| title | /matter-close |
| description | Close a matter — capture outcome, final exposure, and lessons, then archive it out of the active portfolio without deleting the record. Use when the user wants to close a matter, says "[matter] is done", or needs to record a settlement, dismissal, judgment, withdrawal, or consolidation outcome. |
| author | anthropics |
| author_url | https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/litigation-legal/skills/matter-close |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | litigation |
| language | en |
/matter-close
- Follow the workflow and reference below.
- Confirm slug and current status.
- Capture outcome: resolution type (settled, dismissed, judgment for/against, withdrawn, consolidated), date, final exposure/cost, lessons.
- Update
_log.yaml: status: closed, add closed: YYYY-MM-DD and outcome: fields.
- Append final entry to
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/history.md.
- Matter stays in
_log.yaml and ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/ — not deleted. /portfolio-status filters it from active rollups.
Matter Close
Purpose
Matters end. The outcome is the single most valuable data point the portfolio generates — it calibrates the risk framework for future matters. Closing a matter captures the outcome structurally so the record is useful, not just archived.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/_log.yaml — find the row~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md — reference (intake context)~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/history.md — append target
Conflicts gate — unbypassable. Before closing, check _log.yaml for the matter slug. If the matter is not in _log.yaml, refuse and route:
"I don't see [matter slug] in the matter log. Nothing to close — either the slug is wrong or the matter was never intaken through /litigation-legal:matter-intake. Check the slug first; if it genuinely was never intaken, there's no row to update and no file structure to close."
Input
Slug (required).
The close
1. Resolution type
settled — with counterparty, dollar amount, structural termsdismissed — with or without prejudice, by what mechanismjudgment-for-us — at what stage, appeal exposurejudgment-against-us — at what stage, appeal status, exposure crystallizedwithdrawn — by counterparty, circumstances
